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NHL Alumni

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Brian Bellows

Bellows was drafted second overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1982 NHL Draft. Bellows played 10 seasons with the North Stars and was popular in Minnesota for his charity work, as well as his goal-scoring. He had a North Star record 342 goals in 753 games, peaking with 55 goals in 198990. In 199091, Bellows scored 29 points in the post-season to become the North Stars career playoff point leader, and took the North Stars to the Stanley Cup finals where they fell to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In 1992, Bellows was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for Russ Courtnall. In the 1992-93 NHL season his 88 points were the second highest season total of his career, and his 15 playoff points helped the Canadiens win the Stanley Cup in 1993.

As his career was winding down, Bellows played for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Washington Capitals. In the 199798 NHL season the Capitals made it to the Stanley Cup finals, but lost to the Detroit Red Wings. On January 2, 1999, Bellows scored his 1000th career regular season point, becoming the 54th NHL player to reach that plateau.

Danny Gare

Gare was selected 29th overall in the 1974 Amateur Draft and reported straightway to the Sabres camp. He made an immediate impact, scoring 31 goals during the regular season and adding 13 points during a 1975 playoff run that saw the team fall short in the finals to Bernie Parent and the Flyers.

In year two, Gare joined Don Luce and Craig Ramsey on the club's checking line. They played a great two-way game as Gare tallied his first 50-goal season.

By 1979-80, Gare, as the team's captain, buried 56 goals and 33 assists to lead the league in scoring along with fellow snipers Charlie Simmer and Blaine Stoughton.

Shortly after representing Canada in the 1981 Canada Cup Tournament, Gare was traded to the Detroit Red Wings where he performed until 1986. He then put in one final season with the Edmonton Oilers in the company of Gretzky, Messier and Coffey.

Mike Gartner

Mike Gartner was drafted 4th overall in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals after spending his junior career with St. Catharines and Niagara Falls of the OMJHL and a year in the WHA with the Cincinnati Stingers. Gartner would have an immediate impact with the Capitals, recording 36 goals and 32 assists in his rookie campaign. He would spend nearly a decade with Washington prior to being dealt to Minnesota in 1989. Mike would spend just one year with the North Stars before being dealt to the New York Rangers in 1990.

At the 1994 trade deadline, Gartner was dealt to the Toronto Maple Leafs where he would help guide the team to their second straight Stanley Cup Semi-Finals. He would spend two more seasons with his hometown Leafs before being dealt to the Phoenix Coyotes, the team he would finish his Hall of Fame career with. Throughout his stops in Washington, Minnesota, New York, Toronto & Phoenix, Mike played in 1432 regular season games, scoring 708 goals and adding 627 assists for 1335 career points.

Al Iafrate

Iafrate was selected fourth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft after a standout career with the Detroit Compuware Spitfires and a short but distinguished stay with the Belleville Bulls of the OHL. Iafrate played for Team USA in the 1984 Winter Olympics at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

He played 799 career NHL games over twelve NHL seasons, scoring 152 goals and 311 assists for 463 points. He also compiled 1301 penalty minutes. His best season statistically was the 1992–93 season, when he scored 25 goals and 41 assists with the Washington Capitals.

He is perhaps most famous for his rocket slap shot that set the NHL Skills Competition record in 1993 which stood to 16 years, at 105.2 miles per hour (169.3km/h).

Mike Modano

The all-time highest scoring American-born player in the National Hockey League, Mike Modano was a smooth skating forward who spent 17 seasons in the NHL. He was selected first overall, the pick of the Minnesota North Stars, at the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.

Modano made his NHL debut during the 1989-80 season. The North Stars left Minnesota for Dallas and were re-branded as the Stars prior to the 1993-94 season, with Modano helping to sell NHL hockey in Texas. The Stars finished first in the Central Division in 1996-97, reached the Conference final in 1998 and then, won the Stanley Cup in 1999. Modano led the Stars in scoring through the post-season with 23 points, in spite of playing with a broken wrist suffered in Game Two of the final against the Buffalo Sabres. In many ways, Mike Modano was the face of the North Stars/Stars franchise. He had 16 seasons scoring 20 or more goals, including 9 with 30 or more, plus a superb 50-goal season in 1993-94. Twice, including that 1993-94 season, he recorded 93 points. He was selected to the NHL's Second All-Star Team in 2003, and played in eight All-Star Games.

After 21 seasons in the NHL, Mike Modano announced his retirement from hockey in September 2011. Mike Modano collected 1,374 points (561 goals and 813 assists) through 1,499 regular season NHL games. He added 146 points (58 goals and 88 assists) in 176 NHL playoff games. He holds NHL records for most regular season goals and most regular season points by an American-born player, as well as the most playoff points by an American-born player.

Larry Murphy

Larry was the first pick of the Los Angeles Kings in the 1980 NHL Draft. In his freshman season Murphy recorded an NHL defenseman record 76 points. Early in his fourth season with L.A., Larry was traded to Washington and continued to prove that he was a gifted offensive defenseman. Just before the playoff run in 1989, Murphy was sent to the Minnesota North Stars. In December 1990, Murphy again changed teams, going to Pittsburgh where he helped the Penguins win the Stanley Cup championship both that year (1991), then again in 1992. In 1992-93 he had a career year with 85 points, compiled from his 22 goals and 63 assists. In 1995 he was traded to the Maple Leafs. While preparing for a Stanley Cup run, Detroit secured the talented defenseman in a transaction with Toronto in 1997. Larry contributed to the Red Wings' Stanley Cup victory that spring. For the second time in his career, Larry was part of a back-to-back championship, winning again with Detroit in 1998.

Larry Murphy retired in 2001 having collected 287 goals and 929 assists for 1,216 points through 1,615 regular season contests. In 215 playoff games, Larry added 37 goals and 115 assists for 152 points. Steady and reliable, Larry Murphy was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004.

Owen Nolan

The Quebec Nordiques didn't hesitate to call Nolan’s name when they picked first overall at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. Nolan remained with the franchise when it relocated to Colorado but was traded to San Jose early in the 1995-96 season. San Jose's representative at the All-Star Game in both 1996 and 1997, Nolan gained confidence by helping Canada win the gold medal at the World Championships in 1997. Nolan's star shone brightly in 1999-00 when he finished second in the NHL with 44 goals. He also led the league with 18 power-play goals and eight points while shorthanded. In the summer of 2001, Nolan was one of eight players named to Canada's Winter Olympic Hockey Team. At Salt Lake City, he earned three assists in Canada's successful campaign in capturing the gold medal.

The Toronto Maple Leafs obtained Nolan from the Sharks days before the 2003 NHL trade deadline. Upon his arrival with the Leafs, Nolan has continued to provide grit and strong veteran leadership on the ice, while surpassing the 700 point plateau in 2003-04. Owen also played with Phoenix Coyotes, Calgary Flames and Minnesota Wild before retiring.

Adam Oates

A hard worker without a lot of flash who was good on defence and at making plays, Adam Oates was one of the few NHL stars never to have been chosen in the draft.

Oates played nineteen seasons in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Edmonton Oilers. Known as an elite playmaker, Adam Oates scored 341 goals and contributed a staggering 1,079 assists for a total of 1,420 points in 1,337 regular season NHL games. He also scored 42 goals and 114 assists for 156 points in 163 playoff contests. After retiring as a player in April 2004, he served as an assistant coach for the Tampa Bay Lightning and New Jersey Devils prior to joining the Capitals as their head coach for two seasons between 2012 and 2014.

In 2012, the outstanding playmaking skills of Adam Oates were recognized when he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Steve Shutt

Shutt was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens fourth overall in the 1972 NHL draft. In 197677, Shutt was a key member of the Canadiens team that compiled the best regular season record in league history, losing only 8 games during an 80-game schedule. Partnered with Jacques Lemaire and Guy Lafleur to form the top line in the NHL, Shutt scored 60 goals, a league record for left wingers that stood until the 199293 season when Luc Robitaille scored 63 goals, a record that has since been broken by Alexander Ovechkin's 65 goals in the 2007-08 season. During his career with Montreal, he was named to the NHL First All-Star team in 1977, and the NHL Second All-Star team in 1978 and 1980.

He was an integral part of the Montreal Canadiens team that won five Stanley Cups in 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. Steve was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.

Scott Thornton

Thornton was drafted in the first round, third overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He also played left wing for the Edmonton Oilers, Montréal Canadiens, Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks. In his first season with San Jose, he had a career year, scoring twenty goals playing alongside gritty centre Mike Ricci. He signed a two-year contract extension in the 2003/04 season. The first season of the extension coincided with the 2004/05 NHL lockout, and after the second year, Thornton became an unrestricted free agent and on July 1, 2006, he signed a 2 year contract with the Los Angeles Kings.